TEENS LEAD POLICE ON CHASE, CRASH VAN INTO 3 CARS

Two teenage boys were booked into Juvenile Hall early Friday after hitting three parked cars and wrecking their van while leading police on a chase from San Diego to National City.

The 15-year-old driver took his mother’s gray Toyota van without permission, San Diego police said.

He and his 16-year-old passenger were first spotted about 1:30 a.m. in Skyline, driving the van with no lights on near Cahill Drive and Guthrie Way, police said.

An officer tried to pull the van over, but the driver drove off and the pursuit began. During the chase, the van crashed into two cars and kept going. In National City, the driver crashed into a third parked car, police said.

The boys got out and hid in bushes but were spotted by a police helicopter crew and taken into custody by officers on the ground.

Debbi Baker • U-T

Woman walking into street in Lincoln Park hit by van, killed

San Diego

A 46-year-old woman was killed Friday night when she was struck by a van on a Lincoln Park street, San Diego police said.

The incident was reported at 6:15 p.m. on South 47th Street near Solala Avenue.

The woman was hit after walking into the street between two parked cars, Officer David Stafford said. She died at the scene.

Alcohol was not a factor in the accident, Stafford said.

Susan Shroder • U-T

Third suspect in death of man found in burning car arrested

vista

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in a burning car in Jamul in September, the Sheriff’s Department said.

Quincy Sharp, 20, was taken into custody on Friday in Vista on suspicion of being an accessory to murder in the death of Dillon Davis, 20, sheriff’s homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio said. She was booked into Vista jail.

Her brother, Miles B. Sharp, 21, of Rancho Peñasquitos, remained in the George Bailey Detention Center Friday on counts of first-degree murder and arson. He was not eligible for bail. He was arrested Jan. 25.

On Tuesday, Devin F. Gaillard, 21, was taken into custody at his Tierrasanta home. He remained in the San Diego Central Jail without bail on Friday on a count of murder.

Susan Shroder • U-T

Fire at asphalt processing plant does $120K in damage

The blaze, which began about 3:20 p.m., was caused by a mechanical malfunction that resulted in an oil leak in a pipe, said Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The flammable liquid was ignited by hot machinery.

No hazardous materials crews were required, and no one was injured.

Susan Shroder • U-T

Rare white camel killed when trailer unhinges from truck

Ramona

A camel was killed Friday when the trailer it was riding in became unhinged and rolled on state Route 78 in Ramona, authorities said.

The rare, white female camel, named Sahara, had just been nursed back to health at a facility in Ramona and was being transported to its owner in Arizona, said California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings.

The driver was hauling the trailer west on the highway near Second Street, going about 40 mph, when the trailer disconnected from the truck, Pennings said. The safety chains also broke.

The trailer continued into a dirt embankment, rolled and came to rest in the middle of the road.

The force of the crash killed the camel inside. The driver was not injured.